Showing posts with label Vowels and diphthongs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vowels and diphthongs. Show all posts

ᥛᥥᥓᥣᥙᥘᥥᥝ ᥘᥦᥲ ᥛᥥᥓᥣᥙᥔᥣᥖ - မႄႈၵပ်းငဝ်ႈလႄႈ မႄၵပ်းသွၼ့် Vowels and diphthongs

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Vowels and diphthongs
Consonants that are not followed by a vowel letter are pronounced with the inherent vowel [a]. Other vowels are indicated with the following letters:

Letter Transcription TAI(Shan) & IPA

     ဢႃ       a [aː]
ᥤ     ဢီ         i [i]
     ဢု         u [u]
     ဢေ     ee [e]
     ဢူ         oo [o]
     ဢႄ      eh [ɛ]
     ဢေႃ     o [ɔ]
     ဢိုဝ်      ue [ɯ]
     ဢိူဝ်      e [ə]
     ဢႂ်         aue [aɯ]
ᥭ     ဢႆ ၊ ဢၺ်     ai [ai]

Diphthongs are formed by combining some vowel letters with the consonant ᥝ [w] and some vowel letters with ᥭ [ai]/[j].